Combining a vacation with health improvement is far from new. For over two thousand
years in Europe, generation after generation followed this practice. The spa resort
environment is designed to relax, refresh and renew body and spirit. The accelerated tempo
of our life, the permanent stress of the 20th century led to the spread of vasculous and
nervous disorders. Lack of physical exercise, enviromental hazards, unhealthy diets and an
extended life span have resulted in an increase in the number of those suffering from
locomotor disorders. Growing levels of environmental pollution, together with the rapid
spread of chemicals have increasingly turned the attention of civilized people towards
nature.

As a logical consequence, natural therapies are being rediscovered and are gaining
popularity everywhere. The team of medical professionals working at the European spas and
treatment centres do their utmost to combine human knowledge and experience with the
achievements of natural sciences and technology. Bathing cures have an enormous advantage
over drugs and surgery. They have no side effects provided the medical instructions are
followed. With its thousands of thermal springs, Europe is the world leader in medicinal
waters. The composition of medicinal waters in Europe is very varied which means that
there is a wider variety of therapies available for more disorders than is generally
known.